Overview
- On September 30, 2025, Mexico’s Senate held a solemn session in Mexico City to present the Rosario Castellanos Literary Merit Prize to novelist and essayist Silvia Molina.
- The prize corresponds to the 2024 edition and was created by a 2021 congressional decree to recognize lifetime literary contributions in Spanish or indigenous languages.
- The award includes a bronze bust of Castellanos, an allegorical medal, and a monetary grant of 200,000 pesos.
- Senate leaders, including President Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez, emphasized gender recognition in culture, with Castillo stating it is time for women and for women writers.
- The ceremony formed part of centenary tributes to Castellanos; Molina praised her influence and described the distinction as an encouragement to keep writing, and a minute of silence honored 2022 laureate Luisa Josefina Hernández, who died in 2023.